Hercules Strangling the Nemean Lion

Peter Paul Rubensc. 1639

Details

Title: Hercules Strangling the Nemean Lion
Creator Lifespan: 1577 - 1640
Creator Nationality: Flemish
Creator Death Place: Antwerp, Belgium
Creator Birth Place: Siegen, Westphalia
Date: c. 1639
Physical Dimensions: w39.2 x h23.0 cm
Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Dr. Charles and Nobuko Kuhn in honor of Charles L. Kuhn, Curator of the Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1930-1968
Artist: Peter Paul Rubens
Type: Paintings
External Link: Harvard Art Museums
Medium: Oil on cradled panel, with traces of red chalk

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